Article
Beef carcass composition of slaughter cattle differing in frame size, muscle score, and external fatness.
Journal of animal science - 1 Aug 1992
May S G, Mies W L, Edwards J W, Williams F L, Wise J W, Morgan J B, Savell J W, Cross H R
Abstract excerpt
Commercial slaughter steers (n = 329) and heifers (n = 335) were selected to vary in slaughter frame size and muscle thickness score, as well as carcass adjusted 12th-rib fat thickness. After collection of USDA carcass grade data, one side of each carcass was fabricated into boneless primals, subprimals, and minor tissue components. Cuts were trimmed to 2.54, 1.27, and .64 cm of external fat, except for the...
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